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UCl6 is hexagonal with three molecules per unit cell. The unit-cell dimensions and the calculated density are: a1 = 10.95 ± 0.02 kX., a3 = 6.03 ± 0.01 kX., = 3.56 g.cm.-3. The space group is Cm-D3d3 and the atomic positions are: 1 U in (0, 0, 0), 2 U in ±(, , z) with z = , and three sets of six chlorine atoms in ±(x, 2x, z) (2, , z) (x, , z) with parameters as follows: ClI x 0.10 z 0.25, ClII x 0.43 z 0.25, ClIII x 0.77 z0.25 The structure is of molecular type. The UCl6 molecules are octahedral with U-CI = 2.42 ± 0.10 A.